Born: Feb­ru­a­ry 8, 1865, Yates City, Illinois.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 1, 1936, Santa Barbara, Cal­i­for­nia.

Buried: Altoona Walnut Grove Cem­e­te­ry, Etowah Coun­ty, Alabama.

Pseudonyms

• Lewis Edgar
• Edgar Lewis
• Mary Slater

A class­mate of evan­gel­ist Bil­ly Sun­day, Jones at­tend­ed the Moo­dy Bi­ble In­sti­tute. After grad­u­a­tion, he worked for the Young Men’s Christ­ian As­so­ci­a­tion in Da­ven­port, Io­wa; Fort Worth, Tex­as (1915); and San­ta Bar­ba­ra, Cal­i­forn­ia (1925). Hymn writ­ing was his avo­ca­tion.

Sources

Hymns

1. I’ve Anchored in Jesus
2. Lean on His Arms
3. Old Book Stands, The
4. There Is Power in the Blood
5. We Shall See the King Some Day
6. You Must Be Redeemed

Music

1. All the Way Along